Committed

…to the weekend, that is.  :-)  Don’t I wish it was the other (half way to goal)!!

Breakfast today was toast with earth balance, and a DanActive. Sorry, no picture.

Lunch was Cedarlane Eggplant Parm.

Snacks were coconut pudding and jicama.

Tonight when I got home, I got a case of the “snackies”, and had a handful of black olives and then proceeded to make a meal out of “this and that”.

1.  Raw heirloom tomato with salt.

2.  Two corns on the cob with olive oil and salt.

3.  Half of a roasted eggplant.

4.  Smooze fruit ice coconut and mango flavor.

Fitday is below….  I am copying and pasting the whole thing cuz I’m too lazy to write out my whole food journal. 

Food Name Amount Unit Cals Fat (g) Carbs (g) Prot (g) Delete Total 1,286 56.8 168.9 22.2 Smooze Fruit Ice Coconut Mango 1 serving 50 2.5 7.0 0.0 Applesauce (Santa Cruz Organic) 1 serving 50 0.0 12.0 0.0 Eggplant, cooked 0.5 small eggplant 141 8.3 18.0 1.7 Olive oil 1 tablespoon 119 13.5 0.0 0.0 Milton’s Multi Grain Bread 1 slice 2 serving 220 2.0 44.0 10.0 Earth Balance 1 Tbl 1 serving 80 9.0 0.0 0.0 DanActive Yogurt Drink 1 serving 80 1.5 14.0 3.0 Olives, ripe, canned (small-extra large) 7 large 35 3.3 1.9 0.3 Tomatoes, raw 1.25 large whole (3″ dia) 41 0.5 8.9 2.0 Eggplant Parmesan (Cedarlane) 1 serving 320 16.0 32.0 0.0 Coconut Pudding (Potter Family Organics) Single Serve 4 oz /… 1 serving 70 0.0 12.0 4.0 Jicama, raw 1 cup 49 0.1 11.5 0.9 Fig, raw 1 small (1-1/2″ dia) 30 0.1 7.7 0.3 Total 1,286 56.8 168.9 22.2 Calories Grams Calories %-Cals Calories 1,286 Fat 56.8 505 38 % Saturated 15.5 138 10 % Polyunsaturated 7.5 66 5 % Monounsaturated 18.6 164 12 % Carbohydrate 168.9 661 49 % Dietary Fiber 32.3 Protein 22.2 82 6 % Alcohol 14.0 99 7 % Fat ( 38 %) Carbs ( 49 %) Protein ( 6 %) Alcohol ( 7 %)

Geez, every time I see that sushi from yesterday I just drool.  Yum.  It was such an awesome meal.  Too bad it was so freakin expensive.

Today was another twilight zone kind of eating day.  I think the PMS must be in full effect because I was super emotional today (actually burst into tears this afternoon - so weird!!) and had a weird compulsion to binge.

Breakfast was the usual routine of cereal, oat milk and DanActive.  Sorry no picture.

Here is a pic of today’s lunch bag.  Once again I didn’t eat a lot of it.  I tried the yogurt and didn’t like it.  Forgot to eat the veggies (in favor of all sorts of weirdness). Can I just say that I was so happy to find the Mayan Harvest Bake at Whole Foods?!  It is so delicious and unique, and I haven’t been able to find it at my normal grocery store.

I had a meltdown this afternoon and the binging ensued.  A few black olives, a handful of rice-chips, a large bowl of cherries, a bit of shrimp cocktail…

At one point in my binge I decided to try one of the two Larabars I bought at Whole Foods.  The first one wasn’t good enough to eat as a “splurge”, so I tucked it away in the fridge.

I was still craving something candy bar-ish, so I tried the second one and hated it.  I literally spent like 10 minutes rinsing the taste out of my mouth.  I think it may have gone rancid.

By the time I slowed down I realized I was full after all.  So then I skipped dinner and had a giant bowl of cereal instead.

Tomorrow is a new day. *Sigh*

Detailed food journal…  Sorry, no can do.  Just can’t face the reality today.

Fitday summary is below….  (not bad calorie-wise, but the nutritional content is shameful!)

Grams Calories %-Cals Calories 1,634 Fat 37.0 330 19 % Saturated 7.9 70 4 % Polyunsaturated 1.2 10 1 % Monounsaturated 4.9 43 3 % Carbohydrate 282.3 1,109 65 % Dietary Fiber 43.2 Protein 64.0 257 15 % Alcohol 0.0 0 0 %

Fat ( 19 %) Carbs ( 65 %) Protein ( 15 %) Alcohol ( 0 %)

Another bottomless pit day.  I felt like I ate so much today that I just don’t believe Fitday counted those calories right.

Breakfast was a triple-cereal combo.  Morning O’s, High Fiber O’s and Peanut Butter Pows with oat milk and a DanActive yogurt smoothie.

I wasn’t in the mood to be at work so I took a long lunch break and came home for a while around noon.  I wanted to eat something but I wasn’t ready for lunch.

So I had this totally fabulous Shrimp Wonton Soup.  Let me tell you, this was really good and SUPER filling.  Can you believe there’s only 90 (yes, ninety!!!!!) calories?!!!  That is the most bang I’ve gotten for my calorie buck in ages.

A while after I came back to work I got hungry for my “real” lunch (teriyaki bowl).  This is a pic of the contents of my lunch bag.  But I only ate the bowl, a bit of celery and the popcorn. I also had a dried fruit strip and some lifesavers (not pictured).

After work, I stopped by the local whole foods for a few things.  $220 later I came out with some fun stuff, including a white eggplant, some figs, and tonight’s dinner (yum, sushi!) ….

Even though I have mad cravings tonight I managed to stop there.  It was such a great dinner!

And check out this fun stuff I got at Whole Foods!

Ch-ch-ch-CHIA seeds!!  These will be going into my green monster smoothies!  Learn more about Chia seeds here.

White & purple eggplant…  (any ideas on how to use this guy??)

Figs!  Another one I’ve never eaten before but they sure look good!  Any recipe suggestions?

Here is my detailed food journal:

• Breakfast:  triple cereal combo with oat milk, 2 espressos, and a DanActive smoothie
• Snacks:  dried fruit strip, lifesavers, popcorn, couple bites of naan bread, wonton soup
• Lunch:  Teriyaki bowl
• Dinner:  sushi rolls and sashimi

Fitday summary….

Grams Calories %-Cals Calories 1,365 Fat 25.0 224 16 % Saturated 5.0 45 3 % Polyunsaturated 0.3 2 0 % Monounsaturated 0.8 7 1 % Carbohydrate 226.2 906 66 % Dietary Fiber 17.6 Protein 62.1 248 18 % Alcohol 0.0 0 0 %

Fat ( 16 %) Carbs ( 66 %) Protein ( 18 %) Alcohol ( 0 %)

Too bad the weekend is over.  It really wasn’t long enough!  I wish I could do a 4 day workweek.

Foodwise, today was a good day.  I really loaded up on protein due to the hunger issues yesterday and I wasn’t as hungry today.  Ironically I think I consumed more calories today than yesterday. 

Breakfast was 2 espressos, DanActive, and a scrambled egg wrap with kale and spinach.

At about noon, I gobbled on some black olives, and then I realized that I was really hungry so I had a soy yogurt.

We had a late lunch at Baja Fresh.  I had the grilled Mahi Mahi taco plate.  I only ate a few bites each of the rice & beans.

We then went shopping, and hit some golf balls at the range. Since I had such a late lunch, I ended up eating dinner really late.  I had leftovers from my giant batch of chili that I made last weekend (which, by the way, still has several servings in the freezer!).

Pretty good day!

Food Diary is below….

• Breakfast:  Scrambled Egg, Kale, and Spinach Wrap, 2 espressos, and a DanActive
• Snacks:  black olives, soy yogurt
• Lunch:  Baja Fresh 2 taco plate (mahi mahi tacos, rice, black beans)
• Dinner:  leftover chili with veggy “cheese”
• Dessert:  Smooze Fruit Ice

Fitday Summary is below…

Grams Calories %-Cals Calories 1,644 Fat 67.8 608 35 % Saturated 13.6 123 7 % Polyunsaturated 5.3 47 3 % Monounsaturated 12.4 111 6 % Carbohydrate 199.1 793 46 % Dietary Fiber 47.9 Protein 81.5 322 19 % Alcohol 0.0 0 0 %

Fat ( 35 %) Carbs ( 46 %) Protein ( 19 %) Alcohol ( 0 %)

I was insatiable today!!  I really felt genuinely hungry all day.  Maybe PMS?  I’m due for the TOM in about 7-10 days.  That seems a bit far out for cravings, I know, but I’m also super grumpy.  OK, OK, I’m always grumpy.  Anyway, whatever the reason, tomorrow I think I’m going to start the day with eggs hoping it helps.

For those of you in the SF bay area, I’m looking for birthday celebration ideas.  I was thinking maybe going to a fancy restaurant in the city or wine tasting in Napa.  All suggestions are appreciated!!

Breakfast today was a green monster (www.greenmonstermovement.com).

I felt like a bottomless pit today, so I snacked quite a bit. First was a couple bites of a carrot cupcake….

Then I had lunch, which was Black Bean and Espresso Chili with a bit of Veggy “Cheese” substitute (pepper jack flavor, not bad tasting but ingredient list looked scary)…

Later I had some ricecake-y type snacks (no picture).  And then came dinner, which was my old standby:  pan-grilled veggies with balsamic vinegar glaze in a brown rice tortilla wrap.  I changed things up a bit today by adding some eggplant “meatballs”.

And that is it!  Or so I hope.  The hubs is making freshly baked bread as we speak.  I know, what a terd!  Anyway, I hope I have the willpower to stay away.

Detailed Food Diary:

• Breakfast:  Green Monster smoothie (banana, spinach, kale, applesauce, protein powder, wheat bran, oat milk, and a DanActive yogurt drink)
• Snacks:  carrot cupcake with frosting, ricecake snacks
• Lunch:  Black Bean and Espresso Chili with Veggy (fake) Cheese
• Dinner:  Grilled veggie wrap and eggplant meatballs

Fitday summary is below:

Grams Calories %-Cals Calories 1,630 Fat 47.1 421 26 % Saturated 7.7 69 4 % Polyunsaturated 4.1 36 2 % Monounsaturated 6.0 53 3 % Carbohydrate 254.8 982 59 % Dietary Fiber 46.1 Protein 65.9 249 15 % Alcohol 0.0 0 0 %

Fat ( 26 %) Carbs ( 59 %) Protein ( 15 %) Alcohol ( 0 %)

Not much time to write tonight.  We’re about to cozy up and watch a DVD.

Here is a pic of the lunch bag I brought to work…  (Note, I didn’t eat the carrot for the 2nd day in a row.)

Dinner was leftover tuna, grilled veggies, balsamic glaze and brown rice and a green salad.  This was a lot of food and now I’m really stuffed.  I have to say, I’m kind of addicted to grilled veggies with balsamic.

Today’s detailed food journal:

• Breakfast:  TJ’s High Fiber O’s; Oat Milk; DanActive; 2 espressos
• Snacks (throughout the day):  celery, red pepper strips, fruit strip, 3 lifesavers, mini rice and popcorn cakes
• Lunch:  Amy’s brown rice & veggies bowl
• Dinner:  Grilled veggie & tuna wrap with green salad

I continue to struggle with the snacks.  I look at my snack calories and wish I could have “spent” them on something else.  Today in particular I felt really compulsive about eating, so much that I left the office and missed a meeting in order to go get another kind of fix (shopping).

Fitday totals are below (doesn’t include the ~45 cals for the fruit strip, I haven’t entered it as a custom food yet):

Grams Calories %-Cals Calories 1,378 Fat 44.9 401 29 % Saturated 6.9 62 4 % Polyunsaturated 4.0 35 3 % Monounsaturated 12.9 114 8 % Carbohydrate 204.5 804 58 % Dietary Fiber 31.3 Protein 44.4 174 13 % Alcohol 0.0 0 0 %

Fat ( 29 %) Carbs ( 58 %) Protein ( 13 %) Alcohol ( 0 %)

I was in such a rush to get out of the house this morning that I did not take a photo of my breakfast, or the contents of my lunch & snack bag.  :-(  It must be because I was hungover from so much medicating yesterday.

Breakfast was light, and lunch was Amy’s Enchiladas.  I didn’t have much of an appetite until about 4pm, and then it came on with a vengeance.  So, I ate both of my snacks (cherry tomatoes and blueberries).  And then I ate some sunflower seeds I had stashed in my desk drawer.

Then came dinner.  I spent more time laboring over what to eat than actually cooking what I decided to eat.

Tuna steak with grilled veggies (all drizzled in balsamic vinegar glaze)…

Finished off with 1/2 carrot cupcake…  Note the slight blurriness of the photo.  My decision making abilities were also slightly blurred at that moment.  I need to get these out of my house!!

Detailed food journal….

• Breakfast:  2 peices toast with earth balance, 2 espressos, DanActive
• Lunch:  Amy’s Enchiladas
• Snacks:  cherry tomatoes, blueberries, sunflower seeds.
• Dinner:  Tuna & veggies
• Dessert:  1/2 cupcake

On a bright note, my weight today was 196.4.  Very surprised and very stoked about that.

Fitday is below….

Grams Calories %-Cals Calories 1,582 Fat 59.1 526 33 % Saturated 10.3 92 6 % Polyunsaturated 10.0 88 5 % Monounsaturated 18.0 159 10 % Carbohydrate 186.3 721 45 % Dietary Fiber 26.2 Protein 87.4 357 22 % Alcohol 0.0 0 0 %

Fat ( 33 %) Carbs ( 45 %) Protein ( 22 %) Alcohol ( 0 %)

Today started out great, but now I’m annoyed.  I decided I wanted to cook a new recipe: Black Bean and Espresso Chili, from Bon Appetit circa 2003.  It was a rather gigantic batch.  Scroll way down for the recipe.

Some black beans, sauteed onions, spices, espresso…..

Single serve with a dollop of nonfat greek yogurt.

After I got to sample the stuff (dee-lish!), I needed to calculate the calories and get it into Fitday.  My brilliant plan was to count the calories for each ingredient first, total it, and then divide by the number of cups in the finished product.

I counted the calories three times and came up with drastically different totals each time. Then, I had to actually manually count the number of cups by scooping one cup at a time into a bowl.  First time I counted 28.5 cups.  Better count again to be sure. Second time was 15 cups.  F**K!  Now I’m annoyed.

One bright note, here are some perfectly ripened cherries I grazed on all afternoon / evening…

Here is my food journal for today:

• Breakfast:  DanActive, 2 Espressos, 2 peices whole grain toast with 1 tbl earth balance
• Lunch:  Peanut Butter Pows with Oat Milk
• Snacks:  Butter flavored popcorn snacks; pretzel slims, cherries
• Dinner:  Black Bean & Espresso Chili with plain yogurt

Recipe for the chili is below….

BLACK BEAN AND ESPRESSO CHILI

Ingredients:

• 6 tbsp olive oil (original recipe called for 1/2 cup olive oil)
• 3 large onions - chopped (original recipe called for 5 onions)
• 1/4 cup instant espresso powder
• 1/4 cup ground cumin
• 1/4 cup chili powder
• 1/4 cup dried oregano
• 2 - 28 oz cans crushed tomatoes with added puree
• 1/3 cup honey
• 4 oz tomato paste - canned (not in the original recipe, I added it)
• 6 large garlic cloves - minced
• 7 - 15 oz cans black beans - rinsed and drained
• 2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon chipotle powder
• large pinch cinnamon

Assorted optional toppings include sour cream, chopped fresh cilantro, chopped green onions, shredded cheese, sliced jalapenos, and shaved bittersweet chocolate.

Directions:

1. Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add onions and sautë until tender, about 8 minutes.
2. Mix in espresso powder, 1/4 cup chili powder, cumin, and oregano. Cook 1 minute.
3. Mix in tomatoes, honey, and garlic. Bring to simmer.
4. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer 30 minutes.
5. Add beans, 2 cups water, salt, chipotle chili powder, and cinnamon. Bring to boil over high heat.
6. Reduce heat to medium and simmer uncovered until mixture thickens slightly, stirring often, about 30 minutes.
7. Season with salt and serve!

Yields somewhere between 14 and 28 cups.  No idea how many calories. 

Recipe courtesy Bon Appëtit January 2003 Entertaining Made Easy Epicurious.com

Fitday summary below….

Grams Calories %-Cals Calories 1,486 Fat 38.0 342 23 % Saturated 7.1 64 4 % Polyunsaturated 3.1 28 2 % Monounsaturated 2.6 24 2 % Carbohydrate 252.4 994 65 % Dietary Fiber 31.9 Protein 45.9 182 12 % Alcohol 0.0 0 0 %

Fat ( 23 %) Carbs ( 65 %) Protein ( 12 %) Alcohol ( 0 %)

Weekends are always a little bit interesting.  I never really know how it will go.  Seems like some weekends I barely choke down 900 calories in a day, while others I’ve eaten a week’s worth of food by noon.

Today I had consumed nearly 1000 calories by 1:00pm; but, I turned things around and finished out the day  a tad over 1400.

I tried a new food today!  BTW, I have an unhealthy obsession with buying “new” foods.  My fridge and pantry are busting at the seems, yet I buy more food treasures to try.  This time it was soy yogurt.

The yogurt tasted great, so I decided to make a little fruit, granola, yogurt mix.  It was sooo good!!  I didn’t realize it until later but what started out to be a light snack graduated to meal status at nearly 500 calories.  Here’s a close up to make you jealous.  ;-P

A few hours later I felt like my appetite was insatiable.  Given how much I had eaten, I was feeling like it would be another 2k+ day.  The black bean soup at Panera saved the day.  It doesn’t look so good in the picture, but it really tasted great and was super filling.

Shortly after this the husband and I went for a massage.  Then I had a light dinner of salad and broccoli pancakes (not pictured) at about 8:00.  Such a great day!!

• Breakfast Part 1:  DanActive, 2 peices of whole wheat toast with earth balance butter substitute, soy cappuccino
• Breakfast Part 2:  soy yogurt, granola and berries and large espresso
• Lunch:  Panera Black Bean Soup, whole grain baguette
• Dinner:  2 broccoli pancakes with green salad and raspberry vinaigrette

Fitday is below….

Grams Calories %-Cals Calories 1,408 Fat 45.7 411 28 % Saturated 6.6 59 4 % Polyunsaturated 3.3 30 2 % Monounsaturated 2.6 23 2 % Carbohydrate 217.0 854 59 % Dietary Fiber 28.3 Protein 45.5 179 12 % Alcohol 0.0 0 0 %

Fat ( 28 %) Carbs ( 59 %) Protein ( 12 %) Alcohol ( 0 %)

Major calorie explosion today.  Made a homemade pizza, which was pretty good.  But lots of calories. Not to mention too many snacks again!!  At least the food I ate was all healthy!

Here is the stuff I packed and took to work.

These are the little rice cake things pictured above that I discovered at Lunardi’s.

Here are my crackers, bottled water, and hot tea all consumed while working at my desk.  The picture is taken on my crappy camera phone.

Here is a salad I had before the pizza.  I was hoping to fill up on veggies so I wouldn’t overindulge on the pizza.

Here is some dee-lish corn on the cob I sprayed lightly with olive oil and salted.  Interestingly corn on the cob makes a great side dish for pizza!

And here is the pizza.  It doesn’t look that great, but it was really good.

Here is my food journal for today

• Breakfast:  O’s cereal with oat milk, DanActive, 2 cappuccinos
• Snacks:  Red pepper strips, 2 applesauce, whole wheat crackers, mini rice & popcorn cakes, a bite of cake at work
• Lunch:  Amy’s breakfast burrito
• Dinner:  green salad with tomatoes, mushrooms, thousand island; corn on the cob with olive oil and salt; homemade pizza

Fitday summary is below.  Ugh…..

Grams Calories %-Cals Calories 2,177 Fat 78.6 693 32 % Saturated 27.8 245 11 % Polyunsaturated 3.7 32 1 % Monounsaturated 19.6 170 8 % Carbohydrate 290.9 1,143 52 % Dietary Fiber 34.4 Protein 89.6 360 16 % Alcohol 0.0 0 0 %

Fat ( 32 %) Carbs ( 52 %) Protein ( 16 %) Alcohol ( 0 %)